Supporting stand for swivel elements

ABSTRACT

Display panel systems make it possible to access a wide range of information. Such systems have a stand and a support for swivel panels upon which information carriers can be placed. The present invention provides display panel systems by which information-carrying capacity of the system can be adjusted, as required. The stand is modular and has two side parts which can be combined with a variable number of intermediate parts, each of which having a support for swivel panels.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The invention relates to a stand for supports of swivel panels,swivel pockets, swivel sleeves or the like.

PRIOR ART

[0002] A stand of the abovementioned type which comprises an angledsheet-metal plate and of which the legs form an angle of less than 90°is known (DURABLE, Catalogue 950, page 109). The shorter of the two legsforms the foot of the stand, while the longer leg is provided, at itstop and bottom ends, with fittings having pivot bearings for the swivelpanels or the like. The width of the sheet-metal plate and the number offittings depends on the number of swivel panels which are to beaccommodated in each case.

[0003] Another known stand comprises a cast foot to which acomparatively short leg of an angled sheet-metal plate is screwed(DURABLE, Catalogue 950, page 109). The larger of the two legs is alsoprovided in this case, in turn, with fittings having pivot bearings.

[0004] In both the cases described, the number of swivel panelsdetermines the dimensions of the stand or of the parts forming thestand. In practice, this means that the outlay for producing the standsand for storing the same is undesirably high.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The object of the invention is to provide a stand of the type inquestion which is constructed in the manner of a modular system andallows its accommodating capacity to be changed cost-effectively. Thisobject is achieved by a stand which is characterized according to theinvention in that it comprises two side parts and at least oneintermediate part connected to said side parts in a releasable manner,each intermediate part being assigned in each case one support.

[0006] The stand according to the invention provides the advantage thatits width can easily be varied by the use of a greater or lesser numberof intermediate parts and can thus be adapted to the number of swivelpanels or the like which are to be accommodated.

[0007] It has proven particularly advantageous in this case if theintermediate parts are configured such that they are suitable foraccommodating supports which can also be used as wall-mounted supports.

[0008] Further details and features of the invention can be gatheredfrom the subclaims and from the following description of a particularlyadvantageous embodiment of the invention illustrated in the attacheddrawing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] In the drawing:

[0010]FIG. 1 shows a stand comprising an intermediate part and two sideparts in the perspective view as seen obliquely from the front.

[0011]FIG. 2 shows the stand according to FIG. 1 in the perspective viewas seen obliquely from the rear,

[0012]FIG. 3 shows a front view, corresponding to FIG. 1, of the standaccording to FIGS. 1 and 2 provided with a support,

[0013]FIG. 4 shows a rear view, corresponding to FIG. 2, of the standaccording to FIGS. 1 and 2 provided with a support,

[0014]FIG. 5 shows the accommodating capacity of the stand according toFIGS. 1 and 2 being enlarged by an additional intermediate part,

[0015]FIG. 6 shows the connection of an intermediate part to in eachcase one support,

[0016]FIG. 7 shows a stand with three times the accommodation capacityof the stand according to FIGS. 1 and 2,

[0017]FIG. 8 shows the position of a stand supported on a table top,

[0018]FIG. 9 shows the possibility of directly fastening an intermediatepart on the border of a table top by means of a clamp,

[0019]FIG. 10 shows an intermediate part screwed onto a table top,

[0020]FIG. 11 shows a detail of the plug-in connection of the partsillustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, and

[0021]FIG. 12 shows the configuration of the webs and grooves which formthe plug-in connection between the parts of the stand according to FIGS.1 and 2.

METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THE INVENTION

[0022] The stand which is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises twoside parts 1 and 2 and an intermediate part 3, it being the case thatthe side parts 1 and 2, which are usually provided with lead or someother weighting inserts, correspond to one another completely in termsof their shape and size. Both the side parts 1 and 2 and theintermediate parts 3 are designed as plastic injection mouldings.Fastened at the free ends of the side parts 1 and 2 are supporting balls4 which consist of rubber or a similar material which counteractsslipping movements. The intermediate part 3 has a means 5 foraccommodating a support 6. The support 6 is likewise a plastic injectionmoulding; it has a shell-like basic body 7 with a central hollow 8, ofwhich the rear wall 9 has a slot 10 and a bore 11 in order for it to bepossible to use the support 6 as a wall-mounted support as required.Details of the construction of the support 6 are described in GermanPatent Application 196 23 904.4-26. As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 4,the bottom section of the hollow 8 fits into the accommodating means 5,the bottom border 12 of the support 6 being supported on a transverseweb 13 of the intermediate part 3.

[0023] As can be seen from FIGS. 5 to 7, the number of intermediateparts 3 can be easily varied in accordance with the requirements in eachcase. More or less wide stands can be produced using just two differentcomponents, it being possible for a support 6 to be connected to eachintermediate part 3 with the aid of in each case one screw 14. The standis supported on an underlying surface 15, formed by a table top forexample, via the front bottom border 16 of the intermediate part 3, inall cases, and via the supporting balls 4, as shown in FIG. 8. Expedientshaping of the means 5 for accommodating the intermediate part 3 makesit possible for the latter, without the side parts 1 and 2, to befastened directly, e.g. on the border of the underlying surface 15. Forthis purpose, the accommodating means 5 has a base 17 which either canbe fastened on the underlying surface 15 with the aid of a screw clamp18—as is shown in FIG. 9—or else can be screwed to said underlyingsurface 15—as is illustrated in FIG. 10.

[0024] The side parts 1, 2 and the intermediate parts 3 are coupled toone another by a plug-in connection comprising grooves and webs. Aparticularly stable plug-in connection is illustrated in FIGS. 11 and12; it comprises in each case two grooves 19 and 20 and two webs 21, 22.In order for it to be possible to manage with just two differentlyshaped components, namely an intermediate-part type of component and aside-part type of component, the grooves 19, 20 and webs 21, 22 of theparts which are to be connected to one another are shaped such thattheir contours cover over one another or overlap if—as is shown in FIG.12—the grooves 19, 20 and webs 21, 22, for example, of the right-handside part 2 are pivoted, in the direction of the arrow 23, through 180°about an axis 24, located between the parts 2, 3 and running parallel tothe grooves 19, 20 and webs 21, 22. In order to ensure that the partsare held together securely, it is recommended for the webs 21, 22 of theplug-in connections to be provided with braking or latching protrusions25.

1. Stand for supports of swivel panels, swivel pockets, swivel sleevesor the like, characterized in that it comprises two side parts (1, 2)and at least one intermediate part (3) connected to said side parts in areleasable manner, each intermediate part (3) being assigned in eachcase one support (6).
 2. Stand according to claim 1 characterized inthat the side parts (1, 2) and the intermediate part (3) or theintermediate parts (3) can be connected to one another by a plug-inconnection.
 3. Stand according to claim 2 , characterized in that theplug-in connections are formed by grooves (19, 20) and webs (21, 22) onthe mutually opposite sides of each intermediate part (3) and on in eachcase one border of each side part (1, 2).
 4. Stand according to claim 2or 3 , characterized in that the plug-in connections comprise at leastin each case two grooves (19, 20) and webs (21, 22) which are assignedto each of those sides of two parts which are to be coupled to oneanother, and in that the grooves (19, 20) and the webs (21, 22), guidedin a form-fitting manner therein, of the parts which are to be coupledare coordinated with one another in terms of their contour such that, inthe case of an imaginary pivoting operation of one of the two partsthrough 180° about an axis (24) located between the parts and runningparallel to the grooves (19, 20) and webs (21, 22), said grooves andwebs can be transferred into a congruent position.
 5. Stand according toone of more of claims 1 to 4 , characterized in that the front bottomborder (16) of at least one intermediate part (3) and those ends of theside parts (1, 2) which are offset to the rear in relation to saidborder (6) [sic] serve for supporting said stand on an underlyingsurface (5) [sic].
 6. Stand according to claim 5 , characterized in thatelastic supporting balls (4) are arranged at the free ends of the sideparts (1, 2).
 7. Stand according to one or more of claims 1 to 6 ,characterized in that each intermediate part (3) is provided with ameans (5) for accommodating a projecting section of the rear wall (8)[sic] of a support (6).
 8. Stand according to claim 7 , characterized inthat the accommodating means (5) has a flat base (17).
 9. Standaccording to one or more of claims 1 to 8 , characterized in that theside parts and intermediate parts (1, 2, 3) are designed as hollowplastic profiles.
 10. Stand according to claim 9 , characterized in thatthe side parts (1, 2) are provided with weighting inserts.
 11. Standaccording to one or more of claims 3 to 10 , characterized in that thewebs (21, 22) of the plug-in connections are provided with brakingand/or latching protrusions (25).
 12. Stand according to one or more ofclaims 1 to 11 , characterized in that its support (6) or its supports(6) can be used as wall-mounted supports.
 13. Stand according to claim12 , characterized in that each support (6) is designed as an injectionmoulding with a shell-like basic body (7) and a central hollow (8). 14.Stand according to claim [sic] 7 and 13, characterized in that thecentral hollow (8) fits into the accommodating means (5) of theintermediate part (3), and in that it can be connected to the latter bymeans of a screw (14).